The third prophesy over the assembly
For
the
third
time,
Ezekiel
is
told
to
prophecy,
this
time
over
the
vast
assembly.
Once
again
notice
the
progression.
Their
gathering
back
to
their
homeland
is
to
serve
as
a
sign
that
the
Lord
is
still
in
control
of
their
destiny.
It
is
then
that
the
Lord
“
will
put
my
spirit
in
you
and
you
will
live
”,
(Ez.
37:14)
.
This
is
the
reason
why
the
context
of
this
prophecy
is
so
important.
Since
the
second
period
of
exile
in
70
AD,
the
Jews
have
been
scattered
throughout
the
nations
of
the
world.
During
World
War
II,
there
was
a
major
shaking
and
reshaping
of
the
nations
of
the
world.
Within
three
years
after
the
war
concluded,
in
1948,
Israel
was
an
independent
state.
During
the
six
day
war
of
1967,
the
Jews
retook
Jerusalem
back
from
the
Jordanians,
who
had
annexed
East
Jerusalem
from
them
in
1950.
This
great
return
is
not
only
prophesied
by
Ezekiel,
but
Isaiah
prophesied
that
the
Jews
will
be
regathered
a
second
time
to
their
homeland.
Isaiah
described
the
surviving
remnant
as
coming
from
Assyria,
Egypt,
Cush
(Africa),
Elam,
Babylon,
Hammath
and
all
the
islands
of
the
Mediterranean,
(Is.
11:10-12)
.
The
year
of
independence,
1948,
serves
as
a
ticking
clock that God is about to do something miraculous with the Jewish race.
It
is
during
this
time
that
the
Lord
will
once
again
be
a
banner
for
His
people.
The
Valley
of
the
Dry
Bones
is
exclusively
all
about
the
return
of
the
Jews
from
their
dispersal
throughout
the
world.
They
are
today
a
great
nation,
a
more
than
determined
army,
which
hold
firmly
in
the
middle
of
strife,
with
enemies
all
around
them,
waiting
eagerly
to
eliminate
them
from
the
face
of
the
earth.
While
Israel
continues
to
thwart
the
aggressive
nature
of
its
neighbors,
it
will
all
come
to
a
conclusion
when
God
pours
out
His
Spirit
on
them.
This
will
result
in
another
rattling.
The
Jews
will
never
be
uprooted
from
their
land
again,
before
having
the
Spirit
of
God
poured
out
upon
them.
According
to
Isaiah,
after
their
second
return,
they
will
be
reconciled
with
God.
They
are
still
a
shadow,
waiting
for
the
Lord
to
spiritually
restore
them.
With
this
restoration,
the
floodgates
of
both
heaven
and
hell
will
open
up
on
a
world
in
travail.
It
is
only
during
the
millennium
reign
that
the
prophecy
will
be
completed.
The
Jewish
race,
Jerusalem
and
the
land
of
Israel
is
operating
on
a
prophetic
clock.
Rest
assured,
the
Spirit of God is coming, just as foretold 2,500 years ago.
Ezekiel, the prophet
Ezekiel,
the
son
of
Buzi,
was
born
into
the
priestly
line
which
descended
from
Aaron.
He
began
his
prophecies
at
the
age
of
thirty,
in
around
593
BC.
This
was
the
age
that
Priests
were
allowed
to
assume
their
duties,
(Nm.
4:3)
.
After
Babylon
had
annexed
the
royal
linehood
from
Judah
to
Babylon,
he
settled
in
Tel
Abib,
along
with
many
other
exiles
from
Judah,
in
the
region
known
today
as
Iraq.
His
prophecies
span
a
period
of
almost
22
years,
where
his
last
account
was
written
in
571BC.
Not
much
is
known
of
this
prophet,
other
than
he
was
married
and
believed
to
have
no
children
of
his
own.
He
witnessed
not
only
the
initial
dispersal
of
the
Jews
from
Judah
in
606BC,
but
also
would
have
witnessed
the
complete
desolation
of
Jerusalem
and
its
temple
in
586BC.
He
reveals
significant
events
around
Jewish
restoration
to
their homeland and their final restoration to God through many visions and warnings.
The Valley of the Dry Bones
Explore Ezekiel’s prophecy of the greatest awakening where the Jews return to their ancestral lands, from which they will never be uprooted again without fulfilling prophecy.
The context to the vision
Of
course,
it
is
natural
for
some
to
focus
on
the
spiritual
dimensions
of
this
prophecy.
God
can
take
one
who
is
spiritually
dead
and
transform
them
into
eternal
beings.
Just
as
the
skeletons
were
brought
to
life,
so
one
can
be
renewed
through
a
process
of
regeneration.
To
the
Christian
heart,
it
speaks
of
revival,
a
great
awakening
which
occurs
while
many
are
in
the
wilderness.
God
alone
has
the
ability
to
transform
us
not
only
in
a
group
setting,
but
is
in
the
business
of
turning
individual
lives
around.
But
to
focus
on
these
aspects
alone
is
incredulous
and
takes
away
from
the
prophetic
words.
Many
so-called
“prophets”
use
the
words
of
Ezekiel
to
describe
a
great
awakening
taking
place
in
the
last
days,
some
based
on
these
very
scriptures.
This
regathering
and
the
assembly
of
the
bones,
while
they
may
have
life
application
to
a
Christian,
has
at
its
core
everything
to
do
with
the
Jewish
race,
not
the
church.
The
thrust
of
both
its
message
and
its
given
interpretation,
speaks
against
it.
Twice
Ezekiel
interprets
the
vision
of
the
dry
bones
as
applying
to
Israel:
“
the
bones
are
the
people
of
Israel
”,
(Ez.
37:11)
and
“
I
will
bring
you
back
to
the
land
of
Israel
”,
(Ez.
37:12)
.
He
then
described
them
as
settling
in
their
own
land.
As
Christians,
we
all
have
an
identity
in
Christ
and
are
not
segregated
from
the
world.
We
certainly
do
not
have
our
own
lands
which
is
exclusively
Christian.
The
core
interpretation
of
the
bones
being
Israel,
shows
that
the
Jewish
race
had
no
homeland
nor
a
national
identity.
There
was
no
hope
of
restoration.
After
more
than
eighteen
centuries,
their
corporate
identity
was
lost.
While
it
would
normally
be
impossible
for
a
race
to
regather
as
a
nation
back
in
their
homeland,
especially
after
so
many
years,
God
is
in
the
business
of
making the impossible, possible.
The valley of bones
In
a
scene
equivalent
to
the
modern
day
Zombie
apocalypse
movies,
Ezekiel
was
transported
in
a
vision
to
a
valley
which
was
filled
with
bones.
These
bones
were
incredibly
dry
indicating
that
their
lifeblood
had
long
ago
been
drained
from
them.
It
was
not
unusual
for
conquering
armies
to
leave
dead
bodies
scattered
in
valley
floors.
It
is
most
likely
with
the
Babylonian
invasion
that
this
had
occurred
as
all
Jews
were
scattered
amongst
the
nations
of
the
world
and
their
was
no-
one left to bury the bodies of those who were slain.
This
was
Ezekiel’s
worst
nightmare.
As
a
Priest
he
would
be
deemed
to
be
defiled
even
being
close
to
a
dead
body,
let
alone
in
the
midst
of
a
valley
of
skeletal
remains.
It
is
here
in
this
valley
of
death
that
the
Lord
prompted
him
with
the
words:
“
Son
of
man,
can
these
bones
live
”.
Ezekiel,
is
apparently
flustered
and
appalled
as
he
merely
responds:
“
Sovereign
Lord, you alone know
”,
(Ez. 1:3).
The
truth
is
that
scientists
even
today
cannot
make
a
dry
bone
grow.
You
can
place
it
in
water,
inject
in
as
much
nutrients
as
you
desire
and
the
bones
will
remain
lifeless.
The
picture
Ezekiel
had
witnessed
was
one
of
utter
hopelessness.
God
did
not
ask
him
the
question
to
produce
a
response,
rather
it
was
to
consider
the
hopelessness
of
the
situation
and to cause his thought processes to flow.
The first prophesy over the bones
Now
poor
Ezekiel
was
instructed
to
not
only
remain
amongst
the
valley
of
bones,
but
to
talk
to
them,
to
prophesy
over
them
concerning
the
“
Word
of
the
Lord
”,
(Ez.
37:5)
.
There
is
good
news
in
that
the
bones
will
live,
but
it
will
not
be
through
the
strength
or
will
of
man.
He
had
to
prophesy
two
things
to
the
bones.
Firstly,
that
the
Lord
“
will
put
breathe
in
you
and
you
will
come
to
life
”.
Secondly,
the
Lord
“
will
attach
tendons,
make
flesh
and
cover
the
bones
with
skin
”,
(Ez.
37:5-6)
.
The
prophet
did
as
instructed
and
while
he
was
still
prophesying,
there
was
a
rattling
noise
and
the
bones
came
together,
forming
a
skeleton,
bone
by
bone.
Then
tendons
grew
and
attached
themselves
to
the
bones,
while
flesh
merged
with
the
tendons
and
skin
covered
the
skeleton.
There
is
a
certain
order
when
God
does
things.
So
Ezekiel
then
saw
a
large
valley
filled
with
human
beings.
They
were
alive
but
still
had
no
breathe
in
them.
They
were
like
modern
day
mannequins
in
an
eerie
environment.
They
had
a
form
of
life
as
they
were living beings, but the breathe of God was absent from them.
The second prophesy over the breathe
Although
the
bones
had
re-assembled
and
finally
had
human
features,
Ezekiel
had
to
prophesy
to
the
actual
breathe,
“
from
the
four
winds
”,
so
that
the
bones
could
finally
live
as
prophesied.
When
Ezekiel
did
this,
he
noticed
that
they
came
to
life,
standing
up
on
their
feet,
forming
a
vast
army,
(Ez.
37:9-10)
.
The
phrase
“
four
winds
”
is
a
metaphor
of
spiritual
truth,
(Ps.
78:39
&
Jer.22:22)
.
Since
the
compass
directions
are
north,
south,
east
and
west,
it
speaks
of
a
great
spiritual
renewal
which
is
a
change
from
the
norm.
Another
interesting
feature
is
that
they
formed
a
“
large
army
”,
which
speaks
of
pending
warfare.
No
armies
are
formed,
where
there
are
no
threats.
Just
as
the
skeletons
was
caused
by
violent
deaths,
so
there
is
still
the
threat
of death.
The third prophesy over the
assembly
For
the
third
time,
Ezekiel
is
told
to
prophecy,
this
time
over
the
vast
assembly.
Once
again
notice
the
progression.
Their
gathering
back
to
their
homeland
is
to
serve
as
a
sign
that
the
Lord
is
still
in
control
of
their
destiny.
It
is
then
that
the
Lord
“
will
put
my
spirit
in
you
and
you
will
live
”,
(Ez.
37:14)
.
This
is
the
reason
why
the
context
of
this
prophecy
is
so
important.
Since
the
second
period
of
exile
in
70
AD,
the
Jews
have
been
scattered
throughout
the
nations
of
the
world.
During
World
War
II,
there
was
a
major
shaking
and
reshaping
of
the
nations
of
the
world.
Within
three
years
after
the
war
concluded,
in
1948,
Israel
was
an
independent
state.
During
the
six
day
war
of
1967,
the
Jews
retook
Jerusalem
back
from
the
Jordanians,
who
had
annexed
East
Jerusalem
from
them
in
1950.
This
great
return
is
not
only
prophesied
by
Ezekiel,
but
Isaiah
prophesied
that
the
Jews
will
be
regathered
a
second
time
to
their
homeland.
Isaiah
described
the
surviving
remnant
as
coming
from
Assyria,
Egypt,
Cush
(Africa),
Elam,
Babylon,
Hammath
and
all
the
islands
of
the
Mediterranean,
(Is.
11:10-12)
.
The
year
of
independence,
1948,
serves
as
a
ticking
clock
that
God
is
about
to
do
something
miraculous
with
the
Jewish race.
It
is
during
this
time
that
the
Lord
will
once
again
be
a
banner
for
His
people.
The
Valley
of
the
Dry
Bones
is
exclusively
all
about
the
return
of
the
Jews
from
their
dispersal
throughout
the
world.
They
are
today
a
great
nation,
a
more
than
determined
army,
which
hold
firmly
in
the
middle
of
strife,
with
enemies
all
around
them,
waiting
eagerly
to
eliminate
them
from
the
face
of
the
earth.
While
Israel
continues
to
thwart
the
aggressive
nature
of
its
neighbors,
it
will
all
come
to
a
conclusion
when
God
pours
out
His
Spirit
on
them.
This
will
result
in
another
rattling.
The
Jews
will
never
be
uprooted
from
their
land
again,
before
having
the
Spirit
of
God
poured
out
upon
them.
According
to
Isaiah,
after
their
second
return,
they
will
be
reconciled
with
God.
They
are
still
a
shadow,
waiting
for
the
Lord
to
spiritually
restore
them.
With
this
restoration,
the
floodgates
of
both
heaven
and
hell
will
open
up
on
a
world
in
travail.
It
is
only
during
the
millennium
reign
that
the
prophecy
will
be
completed.
The
Jewish
race,
Jerusalem
and
the
land
of
Israel
is
operating
on
a
prophetic
clock.
Rest
assured,
the
Spirit
of
God
is
coming,
just
as
foretold
2,500
years
ago.
Ezekiel, the prophet
Ezekiel,
the
son
of
Buzi,
was
born
into
the
priestly
line
which
descended
from
Aaron.
He
began
his
prophecies
at
the
age
of
thirty,
in
around
593
BC.
This
was
the
age
that
Priests
were
allowed
to
assume
their
duties,
(Nm.
4:3)
.
After
Babylon
had
annexed
the
royal
linehood
from
Judah
to
Babylon,
he
settled
in
Tel
Abib,
along
with
many
other
exiles
from
Judah,
in
the
region
known
today
as
Iraq.
His
prophecies
span
a
period
of
almost
22
years,
where
his
last
account
was
written
in
571BC.
Not
much
is
known
of
this
prophet,
other
than
he
was
married
and
believed
to
have
no
children
of
his
own.
He
witnessed
not
only
the
initial
dispersal
of
the
Jews
from
Judah
in
606BC,
but
also
would
have
witnessed
the
complete
desolation
of
Jerusalem
and
its
temple
in
586BC.
He
reveals
significant
events
around
Jewish
restoration
to
their
homeland
and
their
final
restoration
to
God
through
many
visions and warnings.
The valley of bones
In
a
scene
equivalent
to
the
modern
day
Z
o
m
b
i
e
a
p
o
c
a
l
y
p
s
e
movies,
Ezekiel
was
transported
in
a
vision
to
a
valley
which
was
filled
with
bones.
These
bones
were
incredibly
dry
indicating
that
their
lifeblood
had
long
ago
been
drained
from
them.
It
was
not
unusual
for
conquering
armies
to
leave
dead
bodies
scattered
in
valley
floors.
It
is
most
likely
with
the
Babylonian
invasion
that
this
had
occurred
as
all
Jews
were
scattered
amongst
the
nations
of
the
world
and
their
was
no-one
left
to
bury
the
bodies
of those who were slain.
This
was
Ezekiel’s
worst
nightmare.
As
a
Priest
he
would
be
deemed
to
be
defiled
even
being
close
to
a
dead
body,
let
alone
in
the
midst
of
a
valley
of
skeletal
remains.
It
is
here
in
this
valley
of
death
that
the
Lord
prompted
him
with
the
words:
“
Son
of
man,
can
these
bones
live
”.
Ezekiel,
is
apparently
flustered
and
appalled
as
he
merely
responds:
“
Sovereign
Lord,
you
alone
know
”,
(Ez. 1:3).
The
truth
is
that
scientists
even
today
cannot
make
a
dry
bone
grow.
You
can
place
it
in
water,
inject
in
as
much
nutrients
as
you
desire
and
the
bones
will
remain
lifeless.
The
picture
Ezekiel
had
witnessed
was
one
of
utter
hopelessness.
God
did
not
ask
him
the
question
to
produce
a
response,
rather
it
was
to
consider
the
hopelessness
of
the
situation
and
to
cause
his
thought
processes
to flow.
The
first
prophesy
over
the
bones
Now
poor
Ezekiel
was
instructed
to
not
only
remain
amongst
the
valley
of
bones,
but
to
talk
to
them,
to
prophesy
over
them
concerning
the
“
Word
of
the
Lord
”,
(Ez.
37:5)
.
There
is
good
news
in
that
the
bones
will
live,
but
it
will
not
be
through
the
strength
or
will
of
man.
He
had
to
prophesy
two
things
to
the
bones.
Firstly,
that
the
Lord
“
will
put
breathe
in
you
and
you
will
come
to
life
”.
Secondly,
the
Lord
“
will
attach
tendons,
make
flesh
and
cover
the
bones
with
skin
”,
(Ez.
37:5-6)
.
The
prophet
did
as
instructed
and
while
he
was
still
prophesying,
there
was
a
rattling
noise
and
the
bones
came
together,
forming
a
skeleton,
bone
by
bone.
Then
tendons
grew
and
attached
themselves
to
the
bones,
while
flesh
merged
with
the
tendons
and
skin
covered
the
skeleton.
There
is
a
certain
order
when
God
does
things.
So
Ezekiel
then
saw
a
large
valley
filled
with
human
beings.
They
were
alive
but
still
had
no
breathe
in
them.
They
were
like
modern
day
mannequins
in
an
eerie
environment.
They
had
a
form
of
life
as
they
were
living
beings,
but
the
breathe
of
God
was
absent from them.
The
second
prophesy
over
the
breathe
Although
the
bones
had
re-
assembled
and
finally
had
human
features,
Ezekiel
had
to
prophesy
to
the
actual
breathe,
“
from
the
four
winds
”,
so
that
the
bones
could
finally
live
as
prophesied.
When
Ezekiel
did
this,
he
noticed
that
they
came
to
life,
standing
up
on
their
feet,
forming
a
vast
army,
(Ez.
37:9-10)
.
The
phrase
“
four
winds
”
is
a
metaphor
of
spiritual
truth,
(Ps.
78:39
&
Jer.22:22)
.
Since
the
compass
directions
are
north,
south,
east
and
west,
it
speaks
of
a
great
spiritual
renewal
which
is
a
change
from
the
norm.
Another
interesting
feature
is
that
they
formed
a
“
large
army
”,
which
speaks
of
pending
warfare.
No
armies
are
formed,
where
there
are
no
threats.
Just
as
the
skeletons
was
caused
by
violent
deaths,
so
there
is
still
the
threat
of death.
The context to the vision
Of
course,
it
is
natural
for
some
to
focus
on
the
spiritual
dimensions
of
this
prophecy.
God
can
take
one
who
is
spiritually
dead
and
transform
them
into
eternal
beings.
Just
as
the
skeletons
were
brought
to
life,
so
one
can
be
renewed
through
a
process
of
regeneration.
To
the
Christian
heart,
it
speaks
of
revival,
a
great
awakening
which
occurs
while
many
are
in
the
wilderness.
God
alone
has
the
ability
to
transform
us
not
only
in
a
group
setting,
but
is
in
the
business
of
turning
individual
lives
around.
But
to
focus
on
these
aspects
alone
is
incredulous
and
takes
away
from
the
prophetic
words.
Many
so-
called
“prophets”
use
the
words
of
Ezekiel
to
describe
a
great
awakening
taking
place
in
the
last
days,
some
based
on
these
very
scriptures.
This
regathering
and
the
assembly
of
the
bones,
while
they
may
have
life
application
to
a
Christian,
has
at
its
core
everything
to
do
with
the
Jewish
race,
not
the
church.
The
thrust
of
both
its
message
and
its
given
interpretation,
speaks
against
it.
Twice
Ezekiel
interprets
the
vision
of
the
dry
bones
as
applying
to
Israel:
“
the
bones
are
the
people
of
Israel
”,
(Ez.
37:11)
and
“
I
will
bring
you
back
to
the
land
of
Israel
”,
(Ez.
37:12)
.
He
then
described
them
as
settling
in
their
own
land.
As
Christians,
we
all
have
an
identity
in
Christ
and
are
not
segregated
from
the
world.
We
certainly
do
not
have
our
own
lands
which
is
exclusively
Christian.
The
core
interpretation
of
the
bones
being
Israel,
shows
that
the
Jewish
race
had
no
homeland
nor
a
national
identity.
There
was
no
hope
of
restoration.
After
more
than
eighteen
centuries,
their
corporate
identity
was
lost.
While
it
would
normally
be
impossible
for
a
race
to
regather
as
a
nation
back
in
their
homeland,
especially
after
so
many
years,
God
is
in
the
business
of
making
the
impossible, possible.
The Valley of the Dry
Bones
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of the greatest awakening where the Jews
return to their ancestral lands, from which
they will never be uprooted again without
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